Kurt Cobain's hate note to Courtney Love released by police

A cold case investigator has found a note found in the wallet of Nirvana star Kurt Cobain after his tragic suicide that mocks his marriage vows to Courtney Love, but Seattle police released the note for the first time since his death in 1994.

The grunge rock hero died in Seattle at age 27 of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

Seattle Police Detective Michael Ciesynski in recent months began sorting through evidence from the investigation into Cobain's death in order to familiarize himself with the case in anticipation of 20-year anniversary of the incident and the attention it is expected to draw.

The brief handwritten note, which carries no date, starts with words, 'Do you Kurt Cobain take Courtney Michelle Love to be your lawful shredded wife.'

The note doesn't stop here. It goes on to say, 'even when she's a b**** with zits and siphoning all (your) money for doping and whoring'.

Seattle police has also discovered newly uncovered photos from angles previously not seen, and appear to be of better quality than some existing photos.

Cobain rose to fame as the lead singer and songwriter of Nirvana, arguably the defining band of the grunge era that dominated rock music - and much of popular culture - for several years in the 1990s.

Nirvana broke through to mainstream pop success with the smash hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit," the first single from the band's second album, "Nevermind," released in 1991.